To determine if 5748 is a prime number or a composite number, we simply look at the factors for 5748.
If the factors of 5748 are only 5748 and 1, then we know that 5748 is a prime number. Otherwise, 5748 is a composite number.
To explain better, if 5748 is only divisible by 1 and 5748, then it is a prime number, and if 5748 is divisible by more than 5748 and 1, then it is a composite number.
The factors of 5748 are as follows:
1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, 479, 958, 1437, 1916, 2874, 5748
Therefore, since 5748 is divisible by more than one and itself, the answer to the
question "Is 5748 prime or composite?" is highlighted in blue below.
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Is 5749 prime or composite?
OK. Now you know that 5748 is a composite number. Use our logic above and see if
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